Fierce wildfires raged across Southern California on Tuesday,threatening more than 60,000 homes as night fell and forcing half amillion people to flee in the state’s largest evacuation. (Sydney Morning Herald — 24 October, 2007)+ related stories

More than a dozen wildfires continued to rage in southern California, driven by shifting, gusting winds that make them all but impossible to stop. (New York Times — 24 October, 2007)+ related stories

Homes of Mel Gibson and Olivia Newton John under threat as firedestroys Malibu mansions. (The Age — 22 October, 2007)+ related stories

As fires burned for a third day across Southern California, officials worried they could spread toward more populated areas. (New York Times — 24 October, 2007)+ related stories

Filming of TV shows including 24 are reportedly hit by the fires which have swept across southern California. (BBC News — 24 October, 2007)+ related stories

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 23 — Fires raged across Southern California on an epic scale for a third day Tuesday, with flames as high as 100 feet stoked by extremes of wind, heat, dryness and — on the suburban frontier where some of the worst blazes roared — the human impulse to live just a little farther… (Washington Post — 24 October, 2007)+ related stories